The 15th Golden Mask Festival will be held in Moscow from 27 March to 17 April 2009. The Awards Ceremony will be held on 18 April at the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater.

In 2009, the national theatrical Golden Mask Prize and Festival will turn 15. Throughout the entire jubilee season, the Festival board will hold a series of traditional and completely new programs and theatrical projects. In autumn 2008 in Moscow, there were performances by the St. Petersburg Maly Drama Theater – Theater of Europe. Festivals of the best Russian productions were held in Perm, Voronezh, Estonia and Latvia.

Premieres of the Mariinsky Theater in Moscow will once more be shown in February-March 2009. On the project playbill are the opera “The Brothers Karamazov” (3-4 February), the ballet “The Glass Heart” (28 February) and an Evening of one-act ballets: “Carnival”, “The Prodigal Son”, “Symphony in C Major” (1 March).

The Golden Mask continues the project “Legendary productions and names of the 20th century”. This year will feature the productions “Push” by Sylvie Guillem and Russell Maliphant will be held (14-15 March), “Last Touch First” by Jiri Kylian (27-28 March), and “Impressing the Czar” by William Forsythe (29 March).

From 9-13 April, the program “Russian Case” will be held, and the schedule will be compiled by Elena Kovalskaya. In 2009 this Golden Mask program, which is addressed to foreign theater figures, will turn 10.

The 4th Theatrical market “PRO-Theater 2009” will be held from 3-5 April at the Central House of Artists on Krymsky Val. PRO-Theater-2009 will feature theaters, festivals and theatrical projects from Russia, CIS countries and Europe.

“Mask Plus” is the first attempt at a major program outside the competition of the Golden Mask. “Mask Plus” presents outstanding, unusual and uniquely wonderful productions from Russia, CIS countries and the Baltic States.

27 March
19:00 The Cherry Orchard, Ognivo Doll Theater, Mytishchi
Venue: Ognivo Doll Theater, Mytischi

19:00 Huri Huri, Kiplingi Dance Company, Ekaterinburg
Venue: Luna Theater

28 March
12:00 The Shore of Utopia, Russian Academic Youth Theater, Moscow
Venue: RAMT

19:00 The Battle of Life, Studio of Theatrical Art Theater, Moscow
Venue: Studio of Theatrical Art

19:00 Roberto Zucco, Theater of the Young Viewer, Moscow
Venue: Moscow Theater of the Young Viewer

29 March
18:00 The Little Humpbacked Horse, Chekhov MKhT Theater, Moscow
Venue: Chekhov MKhT Theater, Main stage

30 March
19:00 Kholstomer. The Story of a Horse. Large Doll Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Meyerhold Center

31 March
15:00 Kholstomer. The Story of a Horse. Large Doll Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Meyerhold Center

19:00 Alexander the Great. Kudangsa the Great, Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk
Venue: New Opera Theater

19:00 The Dowerless Girl, Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, Moscow
Venue: Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, New Stage

19:00 Uncle’s Dream, Tovstonogov BDT Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Mossoviet Theater, Main stage

19:00 Kholstomer. The Story of a Horse. Large Doll Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Meyerhold Center

1 April
19:00 The Lady with the Little Dog, Tovstonogov BDT Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Meyerhold Center

19:00 The Human Voice, Russian Performance Art Foundation, Moscow
Venue: Theatrical hall of the Moscow International House of Music

2 April
19:00 The Dowerless Girl, Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, Moscow
Venue: Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, New Stage

19:00 The Lady with the Little Dog, Tovstonogov BDT Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Meyerhold Center

19:00 Cinderella, Zazerkale Musical Theater, St. Petersburg
Venue: Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

3 April
19:00 The Cherry Orchard, Ognivo Doll Theater, Mytishchi
Venue: Ognivo Doll Theater, Mytischi

20:00 Ophelia’s shadow theatre, Maly Theater, Yerevan, Armenia
Venue: Meyerhold Center

20:00 Journey of a Square, Koleichuk Total Theater, Moscow
Venue: Open Stage

4 April
19:00 Ophelia’s shadow theatre, Maly Theater, Yerevan, Armenia
Venue: Meyerhold Center

19:00 La Bayadere, Opera and Ballet Theater, Novosibirsk
Venue: Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

19:00 The Little Humpbacked Horse, Chekhov MKhT Theater, Moscow
Venue: Chekhov MKhT Theater, Main stage

5 April
13:00 The Little Humpbacked Horse, Chekhov MKhT Theater, Moscow
Venue: Chekhov MKhT Theater, Main stage

19:00 Diana Vishneva: Beauty in movement, Project of Sergei Danilian, USA-Russia
Venue: Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

19:00 The Pillow Man, Theater of the Young Viewer, Ekaterinburg
Venue: Pushkin Theater, Branch

20:00 Journey of a Square, Koleichuk Total Theater, Moscow
Venue: Open Stage

6 April
19:00 Diana Vishneva: Beauty in movement, Project of Sergei Danilian, USA-Russia
Venue: Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater

19:00 The Corsair, Tchaikosvky Opera and Ballet Theater, Perm
Veue: Bolshoi Theater, New Stage

19:00 The Pillow Man, Theater of the Young Viewer, Ekaterinburg
Venue: Pushkin Theater, Branch

20:00 Journey of a Square, Koleichuk Total Theater, Moscow
Venue: Open Stage

7 April
19:00 The Dog’s Tale, Doll Theater of the Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
Venue: Hermitage Theater

19:00 The Swedish Match, Theater of Nations, Moscow
Venue: Meyerhold Center

8 April
15:00, 19:00 The Dog’s Tale, Doll Theater of the Republic of Karelia, Petrozavodsk
Venue: Hermitage Theater

19:00 Love’s Labours Lost, Maly Drama Theater – Theater of Europe, St. Petersburg
Venue: Pyotr Fomenko Workshop, New Stage

19:00 The Adder, Musical Comedy Theater, Novosibirsk
Venue: RAMT

21:00 Liquidаtsiya, LIQUID Theatre, Moscow-Chelyabinsk
Venue: Olivie Hall /Project_FABRIKA